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| August 02, 2007 | Thursday | Rajab 17, 1428 |
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Musharraf support plummets: poll
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Support for President Gen Pervez Musharraf has plunged since February, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday, while a think-tank warned that his bid to retain power could fuel ‘religious radicalism’....
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Cabinet backs contacts with Benazir: Change in set-up ruled out
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The federal cabinet on Wednesday endorsed President General Pervez Musharraf’s recent contacts with PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto and extended full support to the president for his re-election for the present assemblies....
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Pakistan, India eye $10bn trade
NEW DELHI, Aug 1: India and Pakistan promised concrete measures on Wednesday to inaugurate a new era of bilateral trade, which both expect to grow to $10 billion by 2010 from the current level of less than $2 billion....
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No intention to attack tribal area: US envoy
LAHORE, Aug 1: American Ambassador Anne W. Patterson has said that the United States has no intention to carry out a military operation inside the tribal areas of Pakistan....
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Cabinet approves organs law
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance 2007 after taking out the controversial clause regarding compensation for the donors....
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Qayyum new AG
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday appointed Justice (retd) Malik Mohammad Qayyum as Attorney-General of Pakistan to replace Makhdoom Ali Khan whose resignation was accepted on Tuesday....
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Pakistan not to call US troops: Cheney
WASHINGTON, Aug 1: US Vice-President Dick Cheney has said that the Bush administration does not expect Pakistan to invite American troops over to tribal areas to fight Al Qaeda terrorists....
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Obama to go after terrorists in Pakistan
NEW YORK, Aug 1: Democratic presidential candidate Barrack Obama said on Wednesday that he would possibly send troops into Pakistan to hunt down terrorists. In a speech, Mr Obama warned...
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Talks meant to ensure fair polls: Benazir
DUBAI, Aug 1: The People’s Party chairperson on Wednesday said she had reached an understanding with President Pervez Musharraf not for personal gains, but to facilitate a transition to democracy and ensure a level playing field for all political parties....
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EC plans new drive for voter enrolment
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The Election Commission has decided to do away with the condition of presenting the computerised national identity cards for voter registration and casting votes in the forthcoming general elections....
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Lal Masjid clerics forced operation, says government
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The government told the National Assembly on Wednesday it was forced into the deadly military operation at Lal Masjid by defiant clerics, but it could not complete its...
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Tribesmen claim Miramshah victims were not militants
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 1: Eighteen people killed in a gunbattle with security forces near Miramshah on Tuesday were buried in the Mirali tehsil of the North Waziristan agency on Wednesday, while tribesmen rejected the official claim that the victims were militants....
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Rail fares increased
LAHORE, Aug 1: Rail fares have been increased by Rs10 to Rs35, two days after Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmad’s claim that there was no such move on the cards....
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Two Al Qaeda suspects held
QUETTA, Aug 1: Law-enforcement personnel took two Al Qaeda suspects into custody in Zhob on Wednesday....
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Nine drown in Neelum River
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 1: Nine people, including three women, drowned and five others received injuries when an overloaded passenger jeep plunged into Neelum River in Neelum Valley, an official said....
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Police post blown up
MINGORA, Aug 1: A police checkpoint was blown up in the Shakardara area in the troubled Matta tehsil of Swat district on Wednesday night....
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Blast near Sibi nazim’s house
QUETTA, Aug 1: The Sibi township was rocked when a bomb went off near the house of the tehsil nazim on Wednesday. Police sources said unidentified people had planted a locally...
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Iran sentences two journalists to death
TEHRAN, Aug 1: Iran has sentenced two Kurdish dissident journalists to death for mounting an “armed struggle against the system,” a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday....
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